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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Taisuke Goto, Wako, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a vehicle with a tailgate, a rear opening is formed in a rear surface of a vehicle body, a tailgate that is provided to open and close the rear opening, a sub-door opening that is formed in a portion of the tailgate in a width direction, and a sub-door that is provided to open and close the sub-door opening. The vehicle includes a tailgate latch device that locks the tailgate with the vehicle body, a sub-door latch device that locks the sub-door with the vehicle body, and a control unit that controls the tailgate latch device and the sub-door latch device. The control unit controls the sub-door latch device so as to prohibit the sub-door from being opened when determining that the tailgate is opened.